| Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев |
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| Chairman of the Soviet of the Union | |
| In office 15 December 1938 – 12 March 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Andrei Zhdanov |
| People's Commissar for Transport | |
| In office 2 October 1931 – 28 February 1935 |
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| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Moses Ruhimovich |
| Succeeded by | Lazar Kaganovich |
| People's Commissar for Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate | |
| In office 22 November 1930 – 9 October 1931 |
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| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Deputy | Alexander Krinitsky |
| Preceded by | Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze |
| Succeeded by | Jānis Rudzutaks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 October 1895 Sytschewov, Smolensk Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 December 1971 (aged 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Андреев) (30 October 1895 in Kusnezovo / Sytschewov, Government Smolensk – 5 December 1971 in Moscow) was a Soviet politician.
He was the son of a peasant who became a munitions worker. During World War I he joined the Bolsheviks.[1] His wife was Dora Khazan.
He was a member of the Politburo from 1932 until 1952. Andreyev was a Chairman of the Soviet of the Union from 1938 until 1946 and later directed the party's Control Commission (until 1952). In 1949 he was briefly People's Commissar for Agriculture.[2] This was also the year of the Leningrad case for which Andreyev built up a case against Voznesensky, accusing him of losing 526 documents from Gosplan.[3]
Dismissed from Politburo during 1952 when he was completely deaf,[4] he remained a vice-premier of the Soviet government but ultimately lost his positions during 1953 after the Central Committee Plenary Meeting (convened immediately after Lavrentiy Beria's dismissal) where he blamed Beria in criticizing Stalin (in other words, declared his disapproval of the party policy towards "destalinization").
When Andreyev died neither Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the CPSU, or Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers bothered to attend his funeral.[5] He loved the music of Tchaikovsky, mountaineering and nature photography.[6]
Andreyev was awarded four Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution and other awards.